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Project X Zone 3: The Azure EclipseDistributor(s)Bandai Namco Entertainment (w/ Banpresto)
Capcom
Sega (w/ Treasure)
Nintendo
Square Enix
Activision
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Project X Zone III: The Azure Eclipse (プロジェクト クロスゾーンIII:紺碧の日食 Purojekuto Kurosu Zōn San: Konpeki no Nisshoku), or simply Project X Zone 3 outside of Japan, is a strategy role-playing game developed by Monolith Soft and B.B. Studio, and later published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. In addition to being the third Project X Zone game, this is the first entry in the series to be released on the Nintendo Switch.
Even though this game continues the dream crossover between Capcom, Bandai Namco Entertainment and Sega, this game once again features guest characters from Nintendo's Fire Emblem series, as well as introducing characters from Activision's Crash Bandicoot franchise and Square Enix's NieR: Automata.
Announcement
A teaser trailer for Project X Zone 3 was first shown during the Nintendo Direct of February 2019. Right when the direct was wrapping up, television static interrupted the 'signal' in short spurts before cutting it off completely. Once the static stopped, text describing the series fades in and out on a black screen. The logo for the first Project X Zone is shown in between the text, but golden chains snatch and destroy it as the sequel’s logo replaces it. Confirmation of the next sequel is suddenly proven by the following line of text.
'Worlds Will Cross Once More!'
The logo for Project X Zone 2 is shown again, but it starts to crack and shatter when a blue light illuminates the screen. Even though the trailer didn’t show off any gameplay, it did reveal a small handful of playable characters after the halation. These characters include the following:
Once the trailer reached its conclusion, the city skyline of Toronto is shown with a blue tint. It then switches to an image of two unknown women standing before a bright light in the sky. During E3 2019, these two women would later be revealed to be Glas and Emerald Risket, the main protagonists of the story. Before the Nintendo Direct ended, Japanese viewers were then revealed that the game will be getting an August 2019 release while the rest of the world would have to wait until early 2020.
Main Plot/Opening Monologue
For every generation, a mysterious object blocks the sun. Usually lasting about a week, this causes a blue glow to illuminate the entire world. Scientists have stated that the moon is nowhere near the sun during these strange eclipses, but they could never identify the object blocking the sun itself.
This phenomenon is infamously known as the Azure Eclipse.
While the Azure Eclipse gained publicity over the years, tons of incidents occur in its more recent appearances. Reports tell about roaming angelic creatures of unknown origin when the blue light is present. That’s how the Azure Eclipse got the attention of several hidden services, including Union 10.
Union 10. A secret organization owned by the Canadian government which is dedicated to upholding peace against threats from the supernatural, paranormal, extraterrestrial and multidimensional. They have been lurking in the shadows since Canada's earliest years, fighting a silent war with no conclusion. Many of their battles don’t last long, but that doesn’t mean the long ones are nonexistent.
During the last Azure Eclipse, Union 10 and a young man named Leos Risket collaborated with their Japanese counterpart, Shinra, and fought through a brutal conflict. Apparently, the phenomenon can create dimensional rifts between other worlds that are unrelated to the raging tyrants. The alliance has also discovered a crazed girl who appears to have connections to the Azure Eclipse. This brought up some questions during the eclipse’s aftermath.
Who was that girl? What was her reason for coming here? Is she following the orders of some superior leader? Does the Azure Eclipse act as some gateway to an undiscovered world?
20XX, Present Day.
After being absent for two and a half decades, the Azure Eclipse has returned to shake a whole new generation… and quite literally. During those past years, Leos has changed from a free wandering spirit to a family man. He has become the father of two twins, Glas and Emerald, both of whom are now rookie members of Union 10.
The two sisters are now on their way to their first field mission. Little do they know that this little operation will lead them on a journey that will test all their limits, but also reveal the meaning behind the Azure Eclipse.
GameplayBasics
Project X Zone 3 keeps the core gameplay mechanics like its predecessors. The player moves multiple playable units across a map to engage in combat with enemy units. Multiple attacks can be linked together with other close pair units and a selected solo unit to build extensive combos.
Unit Stats
These are the stats carried by all units on the map. Players can increase the stats on their units by either leveling them up or equipping them with gear and accessories.
Status Effects
Status effects are abilities that both allies and enemies have in a few of their attacks. Most of the time, these usually last for about two to three turns. Playable units that have a status effect can be cured with the right item.
Skills & Auto-Skills
Skills are a way for players to temporarily enhance abilities for playable units. Normal skills can be activated by individual units with the cost of their SP. Returning from the second game, auto-skills are equipable enhancements that trigger when certain conditions are met.
Intermissions
Intermissions happen in between chapters, giving players a break from battle scenarios. During intermissions, players can save their progress, modify a unit’s skills and abilities, buy and sell equipment from the shop, practice combos in training mode, and alter the game's basic options to their liking.
New Features
Just like the previous instalment, this game introduces some new mechanics to the series.
Being on new hardware, the game's visuals have received a graphical upgrade compared to the previous installments, both of which were released on the Nintendo 3DS. However, character sprites can be given the classic pixelated look from the 3DS games by switching the represented to Retro Mode in the options menu.
The most notable addition is the moveset customization feature. From here, players have the ability to select and arrange the input to a unit’s moveset. With all possible moves unlocked, players can select five out of seven normal attacks for each pair unit (plus one out of two support attacks) and one out of two for solo units.
With all the other unit stats, the SPD (Speed) stat returns from the first game. The stat now has different function instead of determining the order of the units, giving those in the player's party a chance to dodge enemy attacks with the new Evade command. A higher SPD stat increases the possibility of a successful dodge.
Original CharactersProtagonistsGlas RisketMain Article: Glas RisketGlas Risket (ガラス・リスク Garasu Risuku) is a rookie member of Union 10 and one of the game’s main protagonists. She is known for being a laid-back genius who specializes in video games and even hosts an internet series centered around the subject. However, an encounter she had with a street gang has left her with the habit of rescuing innocent people from any potential life-threatening situations that surround her. This is likely her oath to the lives she'd failed to save that day, but Glas' acts of selflessness are a flaw in her intelligence since this way of thinking can place her in danger.
In battle, Glas fights using various forms of martial arts, combining them into a fighting style she calls the 'Risketsu Technique.' This led to the development of the Sage Gauntlets, which are gloves that can harness all sorts of elemental abilities.
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Emerald Risket (エメラルド・リスク Emerarudo Risuku) is a rookie member of Union 10 and one of the game’s main protagonists. She is a dedicated musician and the lead guitarist of Time Warp Academy, a band that fused the music genres of Rock, City Pop and R&B into an interesting hotchpotch. Compared to her twin sister, Emerald is a lot more childish and optimistic out of the two. However, this limited sense of judgment has made her develop a bad habit of trusting several bad crowds. Thankfully, Glas has always saved her from those vile situations.
Her combat weapon is the Checker Hyde, an electric guitar that can summon various spirits to her aide, heal wounded allies and perform all sorts of crazy things when the right tunes are played.
Leos Risket
Leos Risket (レオス・リスク Reosu Risuku) is a non-playable character and the father of Glas & Emerald. Twenty-five years prior to the events of this game, he was a member of Union 10’s field division who’d witnessed the Azure Eclipse for himself. Now he’s in charge of the organization and behaves a mentor figure towards his two daughters. His personality is best described by Glas & Emerald as a “stereotypical shonen manga protagonist in the real world.”
AntagonistsZaffre Vigil
Zaffre Vigil (ザフレ・ビギル Zafure Bagiru) is a goddess of creation, the one responsible for the Azure Eclipse and the central antagonist of the game. Her primary goal is to destroy the worlds that hold her 'prisoners', all while salvaging the innocent mortals to let them inhabit a new world that she created.
Zaffre herself comes from a race of gods who’re believed to be the creators of the Portalstone from the first Project X Zone and to an extent, reality itself. The original purpose of these enchanted stones is to seal in the spiritual energy of those who attempt to rob the gods of their powers. But in extremely rare cases proven by Oros Phlox, it’s possible for these prisoners to escape and even harness their stone’s energy. To prevent these disasters, the gods open dimensional rifts from their own world to further strengthen the seals on the Portalstones.
However, Zaffre will later recall on the events of a civil war that almost led to the extinction of existence. Her side had overthrown the rebellions by sealing their leader inside a colossal Portalstone, but Zaffre believes that she might be the last of her kind to survive the war. Since the aftermath, she’s taken the responsibility of preventing these malevolent souls from escaping their Portalstones. Throughout several points in the game, the motivation behind her new twisted objective is hinted to have a connection to that war in some way.
Even though her appearance resembles a woman in her early thirties, Zaffre has actually been alive for millenniums. She's mostly a polite woman who understands the factors of being a leader, even knowing that her beliefs and actions can leave dire consequences in the near future. The goddess doesn't let emotions cloud her judgment, but being confronted by Glas and Emerald gives her an uncontrollable sense of guilt and regret.
Zaffre's primary way of fighting is by using a simple staff, but she can easily morph it into any ancient weapon of her choosing (sword, bow, etc). Being a creation goddess, she can also summon angelic beings from her thoughts. Unlike Oros Phlox who require the aid of the Portalstone, she can actually accomplish this ability at will.
Mezzanotte
Mezzanotte (メザノッテ Mezanotte) is a loyal servant to Zaffre Vigil and one of the game's major antagonists. Centuries prior to the events of this game, civil war broke out amongst the gods and Zaffre discovered her unconscious body in the aftermath. She was taken in by the goddess and eventually became her servant.
This little devil is known for being an unpredictable sadist, but the creation goddess will intervene if her twisted actions go too far. Even though she's cruel by nature, Mezzanotte can be an aggressive mess when facing those she has a grudge against, especially Leos Risket. During the previous Azure Eclipse, her existence was discovered between the alliance of Shinra and Union 10. She waged war against the two secret organizations, but she was forced to retreat when Leos overpowered her in combat.
Due to her warped behavior and love for jokes, Zaffre knew that she was a former follower of the God of Mischief. However, it's later revealed at the end of the game that she was a servant for Zenatos, another creation god who's responsible for triggering that same civil war many centuries ago.
Mezzanotte highly relies on her Geokinetic abilities whenever she's in a fight. She can lift chunks of earth with no struggle, cause mini earthquakes and even swim through solid ground like water.
Playable Characters
Characters marked with a (*) symbol are temporarily fought as an enemy unit.
Characters and game franchises highlighted in Italic Bold are new to the series.
Pair Units
A pair unit consists of two characters; a leader who is the one represented on the map and during boss unit attacks, and a partner who assists the leader during the player’s attacks. Pair units are navigated across a map to collect items and trigger battles with enemy units.With 100 XP, either a Special Attack can be activated during combat, or the player can attack multiple enemies at once from the map. Pair units can also activate skills that can effect units in the player’s party. These type of units can gain experience points, level up, and eventually gain new skills.
Downloadable Content
These characters appear exclusively in bonus chapters that can only be purchased through the Nintendo eShop. Placing these units in the main campaign will leave no effect on the story.
Solo Units
A solo unit is a character that can be linked to any pair unit in the player’s party. These characters are meant to be summoned by the player during combat phases to further extend combo attacks. Solo units cannot be leveled up, but they do provide some unique skills to their linked pair unit.
Downloadable Content
These characters appear exclusively in bonus chapters that can only be purchased through the Nintendo eShop. Placing these units in the main campaign will leave no effect on the story.
Non-Playable CharactersBoss Units
These are the enemies that will be fought throughout the entire game. Bosses are obviously much stronger than the regular grunts, even having access to both special & multi-attacks with 100 EP.
Characters marked with a (*) symbol have multiple forms.
Characters and game franchises highlighted in Italic Bold are new to the series.
Alternative Boss Forms
As the main story progresses, certain boss units can go through an enhanced transformation or two. Their attacks will mostly be different, but sometimes they might even receive new auto-skills with their evolution.
Sub-Boss Units
This is another type of boss unit that will be encountered throughout the game. Even though they cannot use special or multi attacks, these enemies can be quite a handful with their auto-skills.
Characters and game franchises highlighted in Italic Bold are new to the series.
Event Characters
These characters don’t appear as enemies, but they’re not playable, either. Most of these characters appear exclusively in cut-scenes while some act as shopkeepers.
Characters marked with a (*) symbol are shopkeepers.
Characters and game franchises highlighted in Italic Bold are new to the series.
New Game Plus Epilogue Characters
Enemy Units
These are the basic grunts that players will face off against. Usually most of them can be defeated in one combat phase, but enemies with high stats and certain auto-skills won't be a pushover.
Bandai Namco Games
Capcom
Sega
Guest Companies
Chapters
This is a list of all the chapters in the game. With 5 prologue chapters, 45 main story chapters, 12 unlockable challenge stages and 3 DLC chapters, there's a total of 65 battle scenarios for the player to conquest through.
Characters being introduced in the game will be highlighted in italic bold.
Prologues
Main StoryChapters 1 to 5
Chapters 6 to 10
Chapters 11 to 15
Chapters 16 to 20
Chapters 21 to 25
Chapters 26 to 30
Chapters 31 to 35
Chapters 36 to 40
Chapters 41 to Endgame
New Game Plus Epilogue
Challenge Stages
During the progression of a New Game+ playthrough, several extra battle scenarios will become unlocked. On top of using expert tactical skills, challenge stages are meant to test players with their party's SP management due to items being inaccessible in these levels. Special equipment that's exclusive to the New Game+ story can be obtained within the stages themselves. These challenge stages can also help playable units gain some experience points if the player can conquer them.
Challenges 1 to 6
Challenges 7 to 12
Side Stories
These are additional battle scenarios that can be purchased through the Nintendo eShop. Completing each of these maps will reward the player with extra playable characters and exclusive equipment.
Voice Cast
Miscellaneous InformationCameo Appearances
While many franchises from the three companies are featured in this game, a select few can only be spotted through a cameo appearance. This can range from a character/object being present in a unit’s attack or having an entire map be based on a certain game.
Soundtrack
One month after the international release of Project X Zone 3, the game's official soundtrack made its worldwide debut. All songs and jingles from the game are present on the soundtrack which came out on digital download stores, CD, and even a three-part vinyl record set.
Opening Theme:
Insert Theme (Chapter 41):
Final Battle Theme:
April Fools Day Trailer
Reception
Just like the previous two instalments, critics gave Project X Zone 3 a mixture between mixed and positive reviews. Most praise from the game comes from its selection of gaming all-stars, unique story and balanced difficulty, which improved from the critiques of Project X Zone 2 being a bit easy. Even though the game was criticized for having short bursts of repetitive gameplay at some points, the new original characters and unit customization features made up for the hiccups. Some even consider Zaffre Vigil to be one of the most interesting, sentient and mysterious villains in the entire series. Overall, the game was best described as a nostalgic television show that only gets more clever through an adult's perspective.
TriviaGeneral
Unused Concepts
Character Facts
Chapter Trivia, Gags & ReferencesPrologues
Prologue 1: The Risket Sisters
Prologue 2: The Lord of Calamity & the Shepherd
Prologue 3: Awakened Revelations
Prologue 4: Serving a Plate of Ice Cold Street Justice
Prologue 5: The Golden Axe
Chapters 1 to 11
Chapter 1: The Beginning of the Azure Eclipse
Chapter 2: Just a Quick Intermission
Chapter 3: Two Sakura Blossoms Take the Stage!
Chapter 4: Operation Needlemouse
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Chapter 5: Wanderers With Wings
Chapter 6: 'Can You Become Rent-a-Hero for Mankind's Sake?'
Chapter 7: Dead Souls Rising
Chapter 8: The One Man Army
Chapter 9: Hidden Truths
Chapter 11: Dwelling Corruption
Chapters 12 to 22
Chapter 12: Let's Dance
Chapter 13: Where the Horizon Has No Conclusion
Chapter 14: For the Glory of Mankind
Chapter 15: Hunter Highjacking
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Chapter 16: The Chest to a Pirate's Heart
Chapter 17: Red Earth, Blue Sun
Chapter 18: The Door to Phantomile
Chapter 20: It's Time to Crash this Monster Party!
Chapter 21: Dancing Like a Wolf
Chapter 22: Slammin' it Down on a Saturday
Chapters 23 to 33
Chapter 23: The Wrath of a Demigod.. and Some Other Mad Geniuses
Chapter 24: An Eternal Voyage
Chapter 25: Chaos Over an Emerald
Chapter 26: Katamari Construction Zone
Chapter 28: The Beasts of Broadway
Chapter 29: Invasion on Gallia!
Chapter 30: A Declaration of Love Within War
Chapter 31: Data Rising
Chapter 32: World Wanderers, It's the Pac-Man Theater!
Chapter 33: A Passion for Vengeance
Chapters 34 to Endgame
Chapter 34: Band Battle! & Chapter 35: The Dance Virus Broadcast
Chapter 37: Crisis Against the Clock
Chapter 38: Days Lost
Chapter 39: A Purpose to Continue
Chapter 40: The Vallite King & Chapter 41: We Decide Our Fate
Chapter 42: The Crystal Beyond the Sun
Chapter 43: Fractured
Final Chapter: Renaissance from the Darkness
Project X Zone 2[a] (pronounced 'Project Cross Zone 2') is a crossovertactical role-playing game for the Nintendo 3DS developed by Monolith Soft and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Despite the game being the official sequel to Project X Zone, the plot is an homage to the events of its spiritual predecessor, Namco × Capcom, whilst retaining a standalone story. The game is a crossover between various franchises from Bandai Namco Entertainment, Capcom, Sega, and Nintendo. The title was released in Japan in November 2015, and worldwide in February 2016.
Gameplay[edit]
Like its predecessor, Project X Zone is a tactical role-playing game in which players strategically maneuver their characters across a field to battle with the enemy. Characters are paired up into Pair Units, with Solo Units consisting of a single character able to assist them when linked together. In battle, players use well-timed attacks and combos to do as much damage to the opponent as possible before their turn ends.
Plot[edit]Characters[edit]
Like its predecessor, Project X Zone 2 features pairs of characters from all four participating companies (Bandai Namco Entertainment, Capcom, Sega, and Nintendo), as well as solo characters who can provide assist attacks during combat.[4] The game also features Nintendo characters for the first time.[5]
Pair units[edit]
Solo units[edit]
Rival units[edit]
Unlike its predecessor, none of the rivals are playable.
Project X Zone 2 SiteDevelopment[edit]
On April 8, 2015, Famitsu.com launched a teaser website with a countdown that would expire in five days, revealing a secret project from Bandai Namco Entertainment.[7] Before its expiration, Project X Zone 2 was announced early to attendees of Bandai Namco's 'Level Up' press event in Milan, Italy on April 10, which was prematurely posted on Italian news website E-duesse before being retracted.[8] The game was officially revealed to the public three days later. It was confirmed in an interview that the game will address the criticisms of the original (such as the story) and that there will be some 'surprise' announcements. The game was originally going to have a simultaneous worldwide release, but the North American and European releases were later delayed to early 2016.[9] Unlike the previous game, the western versions features no altered content from the Japanese version and are in multiple languages.[10]
Reception[edit]Project X Zone 2 Trope
Project X Zone 2 received mixed to positive reviews, receiving a score of 73/100 on Metacritic, with critics praising the game's cast of characters and improvements to issues present in the first game, but criticizing the game's easy difficulty and the fact that many assets were reused from the first game.[11] The game received a 32/40 from Famitsu.[citation needed] Hardcore Gamer gave the game a 4/5 saying, 'Project X Zone 2 is a funny, charming and amusing title. It sets out to entertain video game fans of all stripes and allows the player to jump from world to world to get a taste of other titles they may have been missing. Just based on the built-in “Crosspedia” encyclopedia database, the stack of games that I really want to try out has grown (Resonance of Fate, in particular). It’s not challenging, but it was never meant to be. The gameplay is simply the vehicle to deliver the true focus of this title: dumb fun. Players who don’t need everything to bristle with a dark malevolence will find a great time in this one.'[18]
Sales[edit]
The game sold 37,000 copies in Japan on its first week, selling through 60% of its shipment.[citation needed] The game made the #2 spot in the UK 3DS sales charts.[19]
Possible sequel[edit]
In an interview with Nintendo Life, Kensuke Tsukanaka stated that he would like to continue the series.[20]
Hideki Kamiya of PlatinumGames has stated he was approached about having Sega character Bayonetta included in this game, to which he refused as he wanted Bayonetta and Dante from Devil May Cry to meet 'on his own terms'. However, he has stated he has come to regret this decision due to realizing how the fans would have loved the two interacting, and that if there is a Project X Zone 3 he would be all for Bayonetta's inclusion.[21]
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